Shirt sewalongs

Many people feel making a shirt is a step too far beyond sewing a top or blouse.
But there’s a good variety of support available, so it can be worth going for !

These are sew alongs which give detailed extra guidance to supplement the shirt pattern instructions.
I’ve chosen to focus on ones which include a band collar. (The word ‘shirt’ is a bit ambiguous, and there are many shirt patterns which don’t have a 2-piece collar.)
Some of the sewalongs also include a classic ‘tower / steeple’ shirt sleeve placket.

The free written tutorials are linked to specific patterns.
But most of the on-line videos and DVDs are not pattern specific, though they make pattern recommendations.

The classic shirt has such standard features that the Big 4 pattern companies all have several basic shirt patterns for women.

2 Comments on “Shirt sewalongs”

The only problem with the Palmer Pletsch pattern is that the sleeve seam is placed in line with. The cuff placket. I understand that this is for ease of construction, but it means that you can’t insert the sleeve ‘flat’. I have redrafted the sleeve so that the sleeve seam is in line with the side seam. Also added a tower placket, so the whole thing looks like a RTW shirt.

Thanks Pauline, I haven’t tried that pattern so didn’t know that – good comment. Perhaps they find people have more horror of making a sleeve placket than of fitting a sleeve ‘in the round’. I agree with you 😀